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Richard Willis joins Christie Lites Nashville

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Christie Lites has added Richard Willis to its Rental Rep team. Willis recently joined the company as a national account rep in the Nashville office and serves his client base from all 12 Christie warehouse locations across North America.

Willis has played many roles in the concert touring industry since his start in the 1980s. With a law degree in hand, he left New Zealand to tour as a lighting tech. He returned to New Zealand in 1989 and soon become general manager of Theatrelite - a manufacturer of lighting consoles and dimmers - where he established a dealer network throughout Australia and Asia. In the early 1990s he moved to Tennessee to join Bandit Lites as marketing manager, moving up to vice president. While there he established relationships with the industry's top

the Association says it has been made aware that a small number of companies are attempting to pass themselves off as PASMA Training Members

PASMA issues bogus trainers alert

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Due to the "undisputed recognition and popularity of the PASMA name as the sole industry-recognised training scheme for mobile access towers", the Association says it has been made aware that a small number of unscrupulous companies are attempting to pass themselves off as PASMA Training Members, without having shown that they meet the industry standards needed to become an accredited PASMA member.

Says the organisation, "There is certainly no guarantee that these fake PASMA training companies will offer the quality of training required and expected within the indu

Christie announces new G Series and enhanced E Series projectors

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Christie has introduced the G Series and four new E Series 1-chip DLP projectors. In the new G Series, the Christie DHD550-G and Christie DWU550-G provide 5,000 lumens, 1-chip DLP technology and a single mercury-lamp design for fixed applications with "better price performance and higher brightness than other projectors in their class," says the company.

Similar to G Series, the four new E Series projectors deliver attractive price performance, higher brightness, and increased flexibility and reliability for both fixed and rental staging applications, the company contin

A highlight of CEDIA's ISE education programme will be the focus given to business development, particularly through technology and the internet

CEDIA offers bolder training line-up for ISE 2013

Details: 14 March 2016

The Netherlands - Building on the education programme presented at ISE 2012, CEDIA, joint venture partners of ISE (Integrated Systems Europe), will be delivering "an even bigger and bolder range of training sessions" for next year's show (28-31 January, RAI, Amsterdam).

"Training is a vital part of CEDIA's commitment to the industry and it's especially important for CI businesses to stay on top of new trends, technologies and best practice in our sector. We continually strive to provide a high quality education programme with plenty of opportunities for people at all le

Arkaos Video Mapper passes Hairspray test

Details: 14 March 2016

Australia - Prior to the recent release of ArKaos MediaMaster Pro 3, the team at BAAC Light in Melbourne, Australia gave the new software - complete with its new Video Mapper extension - the ultimate final beta test.

An amateur production of Hairspray the Musical staged by one of Victoria's largest non-professional musical theatre companies, PLOS Musical Productions, provided the ideal opportunity due to the requirement for a fully projected set. Large moveable set pieces constructed from polystyrene called for a media server solution capable of individually mapping over 90 dif

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